Lysias, Against Theomnestus 2, ed. W.R.M. Lamb, 7

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[7] βοηθήσατε οὖν μοι, ἐνθυμούμενοι ὅτι μεῖζόν ἐστι κακὸν ἀκοῦσαι¹ τὸν πατέρα ἀπεκτονέναι ἢ τὴν ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι. ἐγὼ γοῦν δεξαίμην ἂν² πάσας ἀποβεβληκέναι ἢ τοιαύτην γνώμην περὶ τὸν πατέρα ἔχειν. καίτοι³ γε τοῦτον μὲν ἑώρακα ποιοῦντα, ὡς καὶ ὑμεῖς ἴστε, αὐτὸς δʼ ἔσωσα τὴν ἀσπίδα. ὥστε διὰ τί οὐκ ἂν λάβοιμι δίκην παρʼ αὐτοῦ;

Against Theomnestus 2. Lysias. ed. W.R.M. Lamb. London. 1930.

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κατὰ θεομν́ηστου, Β (Greek) (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.)

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Against Theomnestus 2 Perseus (Lysias. Lamb, W.R.M., translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.) — 7 focus

[7] I ask you, therefore, gentlemen, to protect me, reflecting that it is a greater injury to be accused of killing one’s father than of having cast one’s shield. I, for one, would rather admit to having thrown away any number than to entertaining such thoughts regarding my father. Yet I have seen this man acting in the way that you know, while I myself saved my shield. So on what ground should I fail to get redress from him?

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Against Theomnestus 2

1. ἀκοῦσαι add. Baiter et Sauppe

2. ἂν add. Markland

3. καίτοι Contius: καί MSS.

Lysias Against Theomnestus 2 7

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